LOWER NINTH WARD
TREES PLANTED:
2,109
GOAL:
2,500
Community Partners
Lower Ninth Ward Homeownership Association (L9WHA)
Lower 9th Ward Neighborhood Association (L9NA)
The Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development (CSED)
Funders
Arbor Day Community Roots
JP Morgan Chase
The Entergy Corporation
Garden Study Club
New Orleans Town Gardeners
City Council, Parks and Parkways / Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF)
One Tree Planted
TEP Center
Zemurray Foundation
About
At the time of publication of our Reforestation Plan, the existing canopy coverage was 17.6% A great deal of this community’s canopy coverage is due to invasive trees that grew on empty lots after Hurricane Katrina. therefore, the 17.6% tree canopy coverage is a misleading number.
